Based on Table 9.1 in your book, "Patterns in the Sexual Division of Labor," among most societies, the kinds of tasks done predominantly or exclusively by males are:

a. land clearing and preparing the soil.
b. gathering shellfish and fuel.
c. tending small animals.
d. All of these are considered men's work.


Ans: a. land clearing and preparing the soil.

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